Faculty & Staff
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Nancy
E. Dowd Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law Associate Director, Center on Children & the Law Box 117626 / Gainesville, Florida 32611 e-mail: dowd@law.ufl.edu 352.273.0930 / Fax: 352.392.3005 |
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Courses
- CIVIL RIGHTS SEMINAR,
LAW 6939
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
This seminar focuses on conceptualizing and implementing equality through past, present and potential civil rights strategies grounded in Fourteenth Amendment guarantees. It beginw with an examination of various definitions and visions of equality and concrete strategies for implementation, and then explores specific applications of equality in the areas of education, housing and families. Lines of inequality to be considered include race, gender, sexual orientation and class. The goal is to focus on concrete ways in which equality can be realized through social justice lawyering. The seminar will act like a "think tank," a strategizing session, to evaluate and test out the lessons of the past or the possible theories of the present and future, in terms of ideologies and strategies. - CONSTITUTIONAL LAW,
LAW 5501
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: None
Introduction to United States Constitutional Law. Topics include judicial enforcement of the Constitution to preserve individual liberties; judicial review; separation of powers; structure and powers of the federal government; and federalism. - GENDER & THE LAW,
LAW 6930
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
The goals of this class are to learn the major strands of feminist theory, and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each; to understand and evaluate areas of gender inequality from an antiessentialist perspective; and to consider strategies and goals for equality, and how equality might be accomplished by litigation, legislation, or grass roots activity. - PERSPECTIVES IN FAMILY
LAW, LAW 6711
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: None
Covers the law of the family, including cases, statutes and constitutional precedents relating to marriage, divorce, non-traditional families, child custody, child and spousal support, adoption and reproductive technologies. Students will complete exercises in negotiation and drafting of documents in a simulated family law transaction. - Advanced Topics in Family
Law Seminar, LAW 6936
Credits: 2
Prerequisites: Family Law or equivalent
The seminar will be devoted to advanced topics and cutting edge issues in family law. The seminar will permit students to pursue a particular topic in family law by conducting a significant, in-depth research project which will be presented for critique and feedback to the seminar participants. The seminar will focus initially on readings concerning contemporary issues in family law, followed by students’ research and presentations. Projects may include conventional research papers, roughly equivalent to a law review student comment or note, or may propose any equivalent project in any form with the consent of the instructor, e.g., an advocacy project, legislative proposal, etc.